Clarke's " arid-famed Blood Mixture is wstranted Wo eleansethe blood from all impurities from whatever cause "rising For Ser-ala Scurvy, Eczema, bad Legs Skin and Diseises, Pimples, and Sores of all kinds, its effects are marvellous. Thou a ds of wonderful cures have be n effected by it. Sold every wi ere at 2s xi Beware of worth: less imitations Had you then had any communication, and if so what, with Mr. Pavlow?—Nons You arrived here without saw communication direct or indirect with Mr. Pavlow?—Indirect How do you mean?
Tu any way? A direct communication would be a letter or " message delivered from an accredited person. Indirectly would be in any other way.—I don't quite You said you came here with the object of entering into a big scheme with Mr. Pavlow?—Correct Was that "° speculation on your part, or had you been asked directly or iudirectly to come here 7—I was asked to come here.
By whom?—By Colonel Ogorodnikoff.
Did he write to you at home Mr, Phillips—Unfortunately you have not heard the examination-in-chief, Mr. Wilkinson.
Mr. Wilkinson—No, but I have had very excellent instructions, ips—It seems to me you are the mark, Wilkinson—It may be of i if on will wait.
further cross-examined, first come out to Japan with the idea of seeing active service. His first idea was to see it on the Jupanese side, and he made an application with that purpose. Leave was granted, but only in a journalistic capacity. He represented the Neue Freie Presse " of Vienna, and the Central News. He had never suggested that he had come out to the East to ght. His idea was simply to see active service at the front on behalf of certain newspapers. He had known Mr. Bennet Burleigh before he came out East Mr. Burleigh also came out in the interest of certain newspapers and to see what he could of the fighting. Witness did not come out at the invitation of Mr. Pavlow, or of the Russian Government, to assist in'any schemes fo the furtherance of Russian interest wat; he had nothi Vavinw o the Rus ian Goverome he reached Tientsin. It was to Shanglu une with the scheme he had he came here particularly for one big scheme. That was alter he had seen Colonel Ogoroduikoff Did you come here with Colonel Ogoroduikof's approval Certainly.
What was his position at that moment in Tientsin—At that time he was first military agent for the Russians in China.
Wogick had gone to the ing about him, What is General Destino?—He Russian Military Agent in Shanghai.
Did you seo anyone else in Tientsin occupying either an official or. unofficial position on behalf of the Russian Government?—In Tientsin, ys.
'There is no harm in mentioning them?—Certainly no harm. Mr. Davidoff, who was the first financial secretary' for Russia in China, and Lieut. Baron Reitlingor, his A.D. C. There was Mr. Lossar, the Minister, and others that I can't remember. and you had seen all these before you had seen Mr. Favlow?—Yes.
Would I be right im describing Mr. Pavlow, officially, #8 the representative of the Red Cross Society in Shanghai 1—1 don't know about his representing that, but Ido know that he represented Corea on the Russian side in Shanghai.
'Shanghai is not the place for the Minister to Cores?—Unfortuuately it is not'
What waa he doing here then?—I understood he was doing work for Corea. I knew that. Everyone knew that.
Did you also know he was connected with the Red Cross Society 7—No.
You never found that out?—No. He never told me that he was. I never saw it in writing or in documents.
There hax been x" very high official mentioned, I believe by Mr. Paviow in Ins evidence, and cross-examination bax taken places to who he was. Perhaps you osm tell us who this mysterious high official was 7—I would much like to know myself.
You have not got an idea?—I think it was Count L ansdorff, but T don't know.
Tt was someone in a very high position 2—It was cither the Foreign Minister or the Emperor.
Might it not have been the Viceroy of the Far East?—If he existed then. 1 am not sure that he did.
Did it occur to you that it might be Admiral Alexeieff?—No. He left some time in March or April, and this was in October.
Then he was in St. Petersburg in October?—I am afraid I don't know.
You arrived in Shanghai with various schemes?—With one big scheme.
To be put through with Mr. Pavlow—Correet Toll us what this one big scheme was?—To send supplies into Port Arthur, medical supplies, and as many as possible, and if possible to get the sick and wound ed out, or at any rate.the cripples, and put them in hospital either at Shanghai or wherever else it might be convenient, You say you arrived here with the idea generally of chartering a vessel for the purpose of taking medical supplies into Port Arthur?—I came here with the idea of carrying out the whole schoo arrang-Vreiwoen. Colonel Ogorodnikof? nut and carrying it of Mr. Pavlow.
What did that include? I want to know all, roughly—A Press boat was to be bought and to ascertain exact @otails of how many wounded and sick there were there, and what medical supplies and instruments wore necessary. On receipt of that information we wore to form an international committee, and sond supplies in. Mr. Pavlow and I Aiscussed this scheme and estimated that it would absorb as a whole Tls. 400,000.
You saw Mr, Pavlow shortly after you arrived?—That same morning.
It strikes me that it was unnecessary to send a boat to ascertain if supplies were wanted, The siege had then been proceeding for some time, prosecuted with vigour, and defended with bravery. Was it then necessary to send this boat Certainly. My idea was to find out how many wounded and sick there were. It of fact, to get this information ten or fifteen lusks had already been sent from Chefoo, but they had all been captured by the Japanese.
Then-the whole thing about sending in medical supplies was a humbug, and you were really trying to rau the blockade to get information?—We did not try to rum the blockade. It was you who suggested that we should try.
I suggested that it was unnecessary to send a small boat to find out what was really necessary. If you could get x hospital ship through at all you might have been assured that there must have been many wounded there. Did the Samson got into Port Arthur?—She got in, but not into she harbour.
Did she get near?—Very nest indeed.
Was her object to find out about the wounded, or to run the blockade and bring comfort to the garrison?—How could it bring comfort I want to suggest that the scheme was not to send in a hospital ship at all, but
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